Before you spend money on a FRS energy drink, consider reading the label’s list of ingredients. Sure, the good stuff is included, but so are sugars. And that amount doesn’t bode well with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines.
Let’s start with the FRS label. If you’ve consumed one FRS energy drink, you’ve almost had your quota of sugar (One 11.5 oz can contains 19 grams) for the day. The USDA …
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Oh, that all manufacturers were so obliging. Not so in the instance of FRS Healthy Energy Drink , a line of products sold by the FRS Company and distributed by PepsiCo. The product line includes canned drinks, concentrate, powder and chews, which are made with a patented formula, apparently. And the claim is that the magic ingredient—presumably containing some version of the naturally occurring all-natural ingredient Quercetin (a type of plant-based chemical, …
FRS Orange (Can): 19g Sugars and Caffeine, too!
If it weren’t for lobbyists such as Public Citizen, Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co. would rule the world. Or at least control everything we consume. Hmm, I guess that does mean ruling the world.
I recently read an article in the NYT about Plumpy’nut —an edible paste comprised of peanuts, vitamins and calories—that is given to starving …
… over. And we knew he hadn’t been getting that ‘peak performance’ from a freakin’ bottle of FRS Energy Drink. C’mon Lance…could it have been the performance enhancing drugs ? Oh right—Oprah already coaxed that one out of you.
As LawyersandSettlements.com’s senior legal correspondent Jane Mundy—who first reported on the FRS Energy Drink false advertising allegations in September 2010— said at the time :
“It’s hard to believe that Lance Armstrong, FRS poster …
Pickles & ice cream? Maybe if you’re pregnant. Pickles & porn? Let’s hope not. Ben & Jerry’s & porn? Hell no says a recent trademark lawsuit filed by Ben & Jerry’s against porn film companies Rodax Distributors and Caballero Video of California.
Seems while Ben & Jerry’s has in the past churned up flavors such as Schweddy Balls and Karamel Sutra, it’s …